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Did Texas Preemption Against Community Broadband Derail Austin's Bid for Google Gigabit?

on Apr 1, 2011

In all of the hubbub around Google's Gigabit project announcement of Kansas City, Kansas, Stacey Higginbotham at GigaOm put up a fascinating post:

Chip Rosenthal headed the grass roots effort to bring Google’s gigabit fiber network to Austin, and he says the Texas capital was on the short list o

Greensboro Passes Resolution Against Time Warner Cable Bill in North Carolina

Christopher Mitchell

on Mar 31, 2011

Greensboro is the latest to officially call on the North Carolina Legislature to not pass H 129, a bill pushed by Time Warner Cable to limit the right of communities to choose to build their own broadband networks.

Christopher Mitchell Discusses NC Muni Network Ban on Tech News Today

Christopher Mitchell

on Mar 31, 2011

Yesterday, the Tech News Today netcast on the TWiT network invited me on to discuss the North Carolina legislation to kill community networks and the Google Gigabit network decision to build in Kansas

Cedar Falls Utilities Videos - Building a Community Fiber Network in Iowa

Christopher Mitchell

on Mar 30, 2011

Cedar Falls Utilities, an incredibly successful publicly owned cable network in Iowa, is upgrading to FTTH. In these videos, they explain some basics of their system. The final video interviews some subscribers.

WindomNet Saves Jobs, Provides Stellar Customer Service

Christopher Mitchell

on Mar 29, 2011

Minnesota Public Radio, as part of its Ground Level Broadband Coverage has profiled WindomNet with a piece called "Who should build the next generation of high-speed networks?"

Dan Olsen,

Momeyer Town Council Passes Resolution to Oppose Time Warner Cable Monopoly Act

Christopher Mitchell

on Mar 28, 2011

Momeyer also adds its name to the list of towns and cities opposing a bill in the State Legislature pushed by Time Warner Cable to deny the communities the right to build broadband networks.

Another North Carolina Community Passes Resolution Against Time Warner Cable Bill

Christopher Mitchell

on Mar 28, 2011

Bladenboro is yet another community to make its opposition to H129 official with a resolution. We are awaiting at least 2 more official copies of passed resolutions in other NC towns to post as well.

Connecting to Each Other: Upstate New York

By

Christopher Mitchell

on Mar 28, 2011

In the ongoing effort to better network us network-type people, I wanted to note a site, Agrilan Rural Broadband Blog, that is working toward better rural broadband in upstate New York.

Wired West Creates Long Video Discussing Their Need for Better Broadband

By

Christopher Mitchell

on Mar 26, 2011

Something for other communities to learn from!

WOW! No Wonder Time Warner Cable is Pushing Bill to Limit Competition in NC!

By

Christopher Mitchell

on Mar 25, 2011

Stacey Higginbotham at GigaOm has explained the entire reason Time Warner Cable and CenturyLink are trying to prohibit communities from building their own networks: North Carolina has some of the worst broadband in America! TWC and CenturyLink know how uncompetitive their services are!

Gary Evans of HBC Discusses Burlington Telecom Situation

By

Christopher Mitchell

on Mar 25, 2011

In a bimonthly local show, Burlington City Councilmember Karen Paul discusses City issues. In the recent show, she discussed Burlington Telecom with Gary Evans, the head of Hiawatha Broadband Communications (HBC). Evans has been helping BT get back on its feet after struggling for years.

Barbara Van Schewick Explains the Internet on CBC Radio Show

By

Christopher Mitchell

on Mar 25, 2011

A CBC show, Spark, offers a content-rich 40 minute interview with Barbara van Schewick discussing how the Internet developed and the role of network neutrality.

Disappointment in North Carolina as Time Warner Cable Bill Moves Forward

By

Christopher Mitchell

on Mar 24, 2011

After a few days of false hope, the Time Warner Cable Monopoly Protection Act, H129, passed the House Finance Committee after being stripped of the amendments that would

Raleigh Resolution Against Time Warner Monopoly Protection Act

By

Christopher Mitchell

on Mar 24, 2011

A resolution opposing H129/S87 from the city of Raleigh:

RESOLUTION NO. 2011 – 322

Community Broadband Map Launches

By

Christopher Mitchell

on Mar 23, 2011

We are pleased to announce the launch of the Community Broadband Map! A long time in coming, we have plotted the publicly owned citywide wired networks -- both cable (HFC) and FTTH using Google Maps.

With New Hope, North Carolina Broadband Struggle Continues

By

Christopher Mitchell

on Mar 22, 2011

On Wednesday morning, March 22, the House Finance Committee will again consider H 129, a bill from Time Warner Cable to make it all but impossible for communities to build their own broadband networks.

Christopher Mitchell Discusses Community Networks on Rural America Radio

By

Christopher Mitchell

on Mar 22, 2011

On Friday March 18, Luisa Handem of Rural America Radio and RuMBA (Rural Mobile & Broadband Alliance) interviewed me.

Op-Ed Praises UTOPIA for Helping Utah

By

Christopher Mitchell

on Mar 20, 2011

Kane Loader, the City Manager for Midvale and Chair of the UTOPIA board, penned a recent op-ed explaining why UTOPIA is important to readers. UTOPIA is a trailblazer in the US open access fiber-optic network space.

Clearwire Validates Skepticism About Wireless as Last-Mile Solution

By

Christopher Mitchell

on Mar 18, 2011

Clearwire, which brags that it built the first 4G network in the country, is under assault from its customers.
Customers began complaining in mid-2010 that Clearwire had begun to throttle their home Internet connections, sometimes as slow as 256Kbps.

Examining Virginia's Broadband Problems

By

Christopher Mitchell

on Mar 18, 2011

The Roanoke Times recently published an extensive story about broadband, covering everything from what it is to why it is needed and who doesn't have it.

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